TIF Illumination Services

Our 2019 TIF Illumination of all of Chicago’s TIFs for 2019 is now available! Thanks to the intrepid team at the City Bureau for assembling the raw data. Click here to request your...

The Cincinnati Educational Justice Coalition and the Cincinnati Federation of Teachers brought Tom Tresser to the Queen City over the weekend of December 9. The mayor there is proposing to create 15 new...

From Kyle Sneed, President of the Wicker Park Committee: “Tom did a great job! He clearly articulated how tax increment financing (“TIF”) works, where districts are located in the 1st, 2nd, and 32nd...

The TIF Illumination Project’s analysis of Chicago’s Tax Increment Financing Program for 2018 is online! Bring us to YOUR community to continue the process of grassroots civic engagement we started in 2013. Tweet

“This is a critical time in our country’s history and now, more than ever, we need our voters to be able to make informed decisions. That’s where CivicLab’s TIF Illumination Project comes in....

We did our 46th public meeting on May 4, 2016 in Highland Park. We lit up the TIFs of Lake County and focused on Highland Park. The sponsor was Tomorrow’s HP. You can...

Listen to this 30 minute interview with Tom Tresser conducted by Valerie Leonard for her “Nonprofit U” podcast series. Tweet

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It was TIF Illumination #45 at St. Agatha’s Church in Lawndale on November 11, 2015! We lit up the seven TIFs of the 24th Ward in front of 50 people. Our host was...

It was a hot time in the 21st ward on November 3, 2015 when we did the 44th TIF town meeting for the 21st ward. We met at the Greater Walters AME Zion...